The Taker of Magic; A Black Clover Story

The Day Before Passing

Noelle wakes up, looking around as Ryu stands above her 

"Hey, yer up finally?" Ryu asks as Noelle yawns, looking around her room as its nice and tidy

"What time is it?" Noelle asks as Ryu looks at the time

"Noon, you slept in quite a bit, but you did have an important fight yesterday, it makes sense" Ryu says as Noelle sits up

"Cmon, we're all waiting in the back of the building, we have to start training" Ryu says as Noelle nods, getting up as she changes into her regular attire, going through the building as she arrives in the back, seeing Ichika, Ryu and the other clover mages

"ABOUT TIME!" Leopold says as Noelle rolls her eyes

"Whatever" Noelle says as she walks towards the others, smiling

"Good morning!" Mimosa says as Noelle waves back, Ichika looking at all of them

"Okay, lets walk a bit" Ichika says as she and Ryu walk behind the building, going through the beautiful forrest of the land as they keep walking

"Where are we going?" Kaguya asks as Ryu smiles

"Far away, just in case our training gets out of hand, dont want any of my citizens to get hurt!" Ryu says as they continue walking, until they reach a large, empty area surrounded by bamboo and trees, miles from civilization 

"OKAY!" Ryu says as he claps his hands, everyone looking at him

"So, I gauged each of you guys strength, and I gotta admit, youre talented and strong!" Ryu says as he smirks

"But, youre not strong enough to beat the devils... not yet anyways" Ryu says as he looks at ichika

"Show them" Ryu says as Ichika nods, walking to him as he looks at everyone

"I showed Noelle a bit of my power, but, let me demonstrate further" Ichika says as she turns around, looking at a long mile of trees as he puts her hand on her blade, looking ahead as she takes a deep breath

"HRAH!" She yells as in one stroke, she unleashes her blade, slashing as she cuts nearly a mile and a half of trees in one slash, her slash creating a whirlwind that pushes everyone back as the mages are stunned

"Her power nearly quadrupled!" Leopold says as Kaguya and the others nod

'Amazing" Charlotte says as Ichika puts her blade back

"That was Zetten, a technique that takes in the ki from around you, which can multiply your damage and strength" Ryu says as Noelle looks at him

"I believe Asta uses Ki... isn't it like natural energy, or something like that?" Noelle asks as Kaguya nods

"I studied it and heard of it in the Heart Kingdom" Kaguya says as Ichika nods

"Ki is something everything and everyone has, everyone has used it ,but since we have mana, we use that instead, but Ki can actually strengthen our attacks" Ichika says everyone nods

"But didn't you use another technique?" Noelle asks as Ichika nods

"Yes..." Ichika says as she raises her hands, her eyes turning black as energy rises around her

KAIOKEN!

Ichika bulks up as her energy spikes up, raising her blade as she slashes, cutting down alot of trees and land with a single strike as she takes a deep breath, going back to her regular state 

""That was Kaioken, its a technique that brings in ki and mana around you which then amplifies your power for an extended period of time, instead of just the massive amount of power for a single strike" Ichika says as she looks at them